🚨 New ‘mini’ Elevation Capital thesis: AI x Financial Services

A quick look at our evolving views on why we believe financial services represents India's largest AI opportunity and where/how Indian founders can start building.

Key highlights:

➤ Financial services is THE biggest services pool globally and AI is driving 20-40% productivity gains across the sector

➤ Indian BFSI operates at 50% cost-to-income ratios. That entire cost base is now addressable through AI

➤ Unlike previous tech shifts, there's unprecedented pull from boards. Getting that first AI meeting is easy. The mandate is real

➤ Verticalization is non-negotiable. Generic AI fails in regulated environments demanding explainability and domain-specific workflows

➤ 40-50% of BFSI employees in India work in middle/back office roles - massive automation opportunity

➤ The playbook: Build end-to-end multi-agent systems. Overlay legacy first, then systematically replace

➤ India's complexity (multilingual, extreme service intensity, strict regulations) = perfect testing ground. Solve here, scale globally

➤ We expect 6-12 AI-native large outcomes to emerge from India in financial services alone


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